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OMB Control No: 1513-0051	ICR Reference No: 202008-1513-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201705-1513-003
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/TTB	Agency Tracking No: ICN 79 - 3/3
Title: Application for an Alcohol Fuel Producer Permit Under 26 U.S.C. 5181
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/08/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/28/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2020
Responses	240	0	251
Time Burden (Hours)	355	0	377
Cost Burden (Dollars)	340	0	0

Abstract: Under the authority of the Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 5181(a)(1), persons wishing to establish a distilled spirits plant for the sole purpose of producing and receiving distilled spirits for fuel use must provide an application and bond as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe by regulation. Under this authority, TTB has issued regulations concerning the establishment of such alcohol fuel plants (AFPs) in 27 CFR part 19, subpart X. Those regulations require that a person wishing to establish a new AFP must submit an application for an alcohol fuel producer permit using form TTB F 5110.74. The regulations also require existing AFP proprietors to use that same form to make certain amendments to their permit information. TTB F 5110.74 and its required supporting documents identify or describe, among other things, the applicant, the proposed AFP’s location and layout, its stills, its size category (small, medium, or large) based on the amount of alcohol fuel to be produced annually, and the security measures to be taken to prevent theft and diversion of the distilled spirits produced. The collected information allows TTB to determine the applicant's eligibility under the IRC to obtain or modify an alcohol fuel producer permit, and to determine whether the applicant's AFP operations will conform to Federal law and regulations. Such determinations are necessary to protect the revenue as distilled spirits produced at an AFP are potable and thus subject to Federal excise tax until denatured for fuel use. Once distilled spirits are denatured at an AFP, the resulting alcohol fuel may be withdrawn free of tax as authorized by the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5214(a)(12).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 26 USC 5001, 5178, 5179, 5181, & 5214 Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 46221	07/31/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 68413	10/28/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application for an Alcohol Fuel Producer Permit Under 26 U.S.C. 5181 [Individuals]	None, TTB F 5110.74, None	, ,
Application for an Alcohol Fuel Producer Permit Under 26 U.S.C. 5181 [Private Sector]	None, None, TTB F 5110.74	, ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	240	251	-11
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	355	377	-22
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	340	0	340

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There are no program changes associated with this information collection. As for adjustments, due to changes in agency estimates, TTB is decreasing this collection’s estimated number of annual respondents and responses from 251 to 240, its per-response burden from 1.5 hours to 1.479 hours, and its total burden from 377 hours to 355 hours. These decreases are due to a drop in the number of alcohol fuel producer permit applications TTB has received in recent years, and a more accurate accounting of the per-response burden difference between PONL applications (1.3 hours) and paper applications (1.8 hours). The number of annual responses per respondent (one) remains the same as previously reported. TTB also is now accounting for the mailing costs associated with this collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $32,388

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Christopher Forster-Smith 202 453-1039 ext. 150 christopher.forster-smith@ttb.gov

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